@conference {polygerinos_towards_2013,
	title = {Towards a soft pneumatic glove for hand rehabilitation},
	booktitle = {Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on},
	year = {2013},
	pages = {1512{\textendash}1517},
	abstract = {This paper presents preliminary results for the design, development and evaluation of a hand rehabilitation glove fabricated using soft robotic technology. Soft actuators comprised of elastomeric materials with integrated channels that function as pneumatic networks (PneuNets), are designed and geometrically analyzed to produce bending motions that can safely conform with the human finger motion. Bending curvature and force response of these actuators are investigated using geometrical analysis and a finite element model (FEM) prior to fabrication. The fabrication procedure of the chosen actuator is described followed by a series of experiments that mechanically characterize the actuators. The experimental data is compared to results obtained from FEM simulations showing good agreement. Finally, an open-palm glove design and the integration of the actuators to it are described, followed by a qualitative evaluation study.},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=6696549},
	author = {Panagiotis Polygerinos and Lyne, Stacey and Wang, Zheng and Nicolini, Luis Fernando and Mosadegh, Bobak and Whitesides, George M. and Conor J Walsh}
}
